Iran maintain position as Asia’s top team in latest FIFA rankings
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Loading...AFC – KUALA LUMPUR, Islamic Republic of Iran maintained their position as Asia’s top-ranked team in the latest FIFA World Ranking, despite dropping to 33rd place globally.
The continent’s top five teams remained unchanged with Korea Republic second and 40th overall, while Japan – third in Asia – moved up one spot to 50th in the world.
Asia’s fourth and fifth ranked teams, Australia and Saudi Arabia, both dropped one place to 55th and 57th respectively.
All of Asia’s top ten teams are currently competing in the third round of qualifying for the FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, with unbeaten Iran leading Group A and Saudi Arabia edging out Japan to sit atop Group B.
Asia’s Top 10 (global rankings in brackets):
Iran (33rd)
Korea Republic (50th)
Japan (51st)
Australia (55th)
Saudi Arabia (57th)
Uzbekistan (63rd)
United Arab Emirates (68th)
Qatar (84th)
China PR (86th)
Syria (95th)
The next FIFA World Ranking will be released on April 6.
